Year 7 Humanities students have been learning about the geology of our county. They have been examining different rocks and asking questions to develop their understanding and inquiring minds. They will follow this up by learning about the Bude Formations; the amazing features that you see as you walk along the coastline at Bude. We […]
Four year 11 girls have just returned from a week’s visit to a school in Arzachena in northern Sardinia. The visit was part of the College’s on-going Erasmus project with four schools from Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic and Portugal. The host school specialises in professional cookery and restaurant service; the four girls gave a presentation […]
A big well done to Noah Breslin, who participated in a cycling sports evening at Bicton College. He said he chose to join in because he really enjoys cycling and hopes to become a professional eventually. He said that the evening was challenging, with some bad hills tiring him out. However, he completed and did really […]
At the very centre of our College is an art installation after being inspired by the stunning Remembrance displays both in London and Launceston. Numerous students have contributed to the art memorial, writing poems and messages on their flowers. It is a beautiful display that commemorates this important anniversary of the First World War, honouring […]
It was a busy end to the half term for the English and drama Faculties with 140 students and 17 staff visiting the Theatre Royal, Plymouth for the National Theatre’s production of Macbeth. The play was received with mixed feelings by those on the trip – a lot of discussion is still being heard around […]
The students in Trevithick House decided to support animals for their charity this year. Earlier in the year a piggery was built at Bunjakko Island Vocational School in Uganda, and was filled with 9 pigs providing a breeding programme, food and fertiliser for the school. This fulfilled the international element of our work, for our […]
October saw the annual Earth Science Week. To celebrate this, the house challenge was to create an earthquake-proof building capable of holding a golf ball as high as possible. The grand shake test took place on Friday and involved the use of our bespoke and extremely hi-tech earthquake simulator. Mrs Gowing and Dr Cooper were […]
We are now looking at the Design and Enterprise faculty as part of our cycle of evaluation and we would like you to complete the attached survey for this. The information received is collated and used in the review documents presented to the Governors, Academy Leadership Team, teaching staff and external agencies like Ofsted. Since […]
Please can you give us your feedback about your child’s residential experience by completing a short survey which can be accessed here . Thank you for your help. Louise Rash
Over the past 2 weeks I have had the very great privilege to get to know the new Year 7 students and walk with them across Dartmoor. Each year we take each of the Houses to Dartmoor as part of our transition programme and this year proved to be exciting, challenging and rewarding for all […]
12 Feb 2019
On Thursday the 31st of January, I spent a morning with our local police team (before the snow arrived Read more →
11 Feb 2019
Students Emily, Dylan, Sam and Nicole were on Dartmoor again, this time for their expedition 3, walking from Postbridge Read more →
7 Feb 2019
As part of your child’s preparation we are to run to a study skills event; it is designed to Read more →